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German and Italian fascist armies in the Second World War treated the Jews quite differently. Jews who fell into the hands of the German army ended up in concentration camps; none of those taken by the Italians suffered the same fate. Yet the protectors of the Jews were no philo-Semites, nor were they (often) great respecters of human life. Some of those same officers had sanctioned savage atrocities against Ethiopians and Arabs in the years before the war. Jonathan Steinberg uses this remarkable and poignant story to unravel the motives and forces underpinning both Fascism and Nazism. As a renowned historian of both Germany and Italy, he is uniquely placed to answer the underlying question; why?
Contents
The Problem Part I The Events; PHASE ONE UNSYSTEMATIC MURDER: WAR IN THE BALKANS APRIL 1941 TO JUNE 1942; PHASE TWO SYSTEMATIC MURDER: THE ITALIANS OBSTRUCT THE FINAL SOLUTION JUNE 1942 TO NOVEMBER 1942; PHASE THREE THE NET WIDENS: THE ITALIANS DEFEND; JEWS IN GREECE AND FRANCE NOVEMBER 1942 TO JULY 1943; THE LAST ACT THE FALL OF FASCISM TO THE ARMISITCE 25 JULY 1943 TO 8 SEPTEMBER 1943 Part II Explanations 1 THE MATRIX OF VIRTUE AND VICE 2 TWO TYPES OF CHARISMA 3 THE TWO ARMIES 4 GERMANS, ITALIANS AND JEWS
